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théosophe

/te.o.zɔf/

noun, masculine/feminine/te.o.zɔf/plural: théosophes

theologian; theosophist

[…] qui fait la théologie, qui a une grande connaissance des choses divines. […] On trouve ce mot dans quelques écrivains ecclésiastiques.[A person] who does theology, [a person] who has a great knowledge of divine things. […] One finds this word in some ecclesiastical writers.

From Medieval Latin theosophus (“a theologian”, noun), from Koine Greek θεόσοφος (theósophos, “wise in things concerning god”, adjective), from Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) + σοφός (sophós, “wise”). Cognate to Spanish teósofo (noun).